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You Should Enter “Darknet” On Netflix Immediately
Bloody Disgusting reader Glenn F. sent me an e-mail last week tipping me off to a new series that just hit Netflix Instant.
“Darknet” – not to be confused with IFC’s feature – hails out of Canada from Cube and Splice director Vincenzo Natali, and even Ginger Snaps 2‘s Brett Sullivan.
Glenn explained that it was sort of a rip-off of our V/H/S films, as well as ABCs of Death, which prompted me to check it out. While I won’t say whether or not I think it’s lifting from the aforementioned films, I was highly impressed by it.
Darkness centers around the website http://darknetfiles.com/, and tells new stories each episode. There are 6 episodes in the inaugural season and each tell various tales that (usually) collide. There’s a very “Twilight Zone” vibe with “Tales From the Crypt”-esque finales that will definitely surprise you (even when you think you know what’s going to happen the filmmakers find a way to shock you).
It’s unfortunate there’s only 6 episodes available, but hopefully some positive momentum in the horror community will get a second season greenlit?
Go check it out this weekend and tell us what you think.
Filming has officially wrapped on Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist movie.
“That’s a wrap. What an incredible experience. Forever grateful to this extraordinary cast and crew! Flanagan writes on Instagram.
His take on the IP will be neither a remake of William Friedkin’s 1974 horror classic nor a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer; the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe.
Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers), Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Sasha Calle (The Flash), and John Leguizamo (John Wick) star.
The cast also includes Flanagan regulars Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Gil Bellows, Carl Lumbly, Robert Longstreet, Matt Biedel, Samantha Sloyan, Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Benjamin Pajak, and Carla Gugino.
“This is an opportunity to do something that I believe has never been done within the franchise — something that honors what came before it but isn’t built on nostalgia,” Flanagan said of the project. “I really just saw an opportunity to make the scariest movie I’ve ever made. I know expectations are high. No one’s more intimidated than I am.”
Flanagan is producing via his Red Room Pictures alongside Jason Blum for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and David Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment. Executive producers include Red Room’s Alexandra Magistro and Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek.
The Exorcist will possess theaters on March 12, 2027, via Universal.
Beyond The Exorcist, Flanagan is keeping busy with Stephen King’s “Carrie” this October premiere on Prime Video. He also co-wrote DC’s comic book horror movie Clayface, releasing October 23, and he’s recently attached to a new take of King’s The Mist.
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